More fútbol argentino than you can shake a mullet at
In the Superclásico de las Américas, Argentina's domestic national team lost 2-0 to their Brazilian counterparts on Wednesday night in Belém, going down to a 2-0 aggregate loss. Lucas opened the scoring for Brazil, and Vélez Sarsfield defender Emiliano Papa scored an own goal for the second. In the Copa Sudamericana, Independiente lost 2-0 away... Continue Reading →
In the thirty-fifth episode of Hand Of Pod Sam, Dan, Dan and Seba begin with a discussion of just how much of a massive idiot Carlos Tevez is, and conclude with a reflection on Cristian Fabbiani's suitability for the second division in Argentina. In between we discuss Wednesday night's Brazil v Argentina friendly second leg, Seba... Continue Reading →
The thirty-third episode of Hand Of Pod goes online just before the first leg of the double-header between Argentina's and Brazil's 'domestic international' teams, and Sam, Dan and Dan look at what Alejandro Sabella might reveal in these matches. We also speculate on how well former Oxford United boss Ramón Díaz will do in charge... Continue Reading →
Wednesday night saw two big matches in Argentina: Independiente vs San Martín de San Juan, left over from the first round of the Torneo Apertura due to Independiente's pre-season trip to Japan, and Godoy Cruz vs Lanús in the second leg of the Copa Sudamericana qualifiers. The latter finished goalless, sending Godoy through on away... Continue Reading →
Sunday's matches in the Torneo Apertura began with another dull goalless draw, as Argentinos failed to find a way past San Martín in San Juan. Thereafter, though, things got a bit more interesting, with Atlético Rafaela beating Unión 1-0 away to return to the top of the table, and Boca Juniors winning by the same... Continue Reading →
The third round of the 2011 Torneo Apertura has now been completed, but I've been a little slow in getting Sunday's and Monday's goals and the weekend's goalscorers and red carded players up here. Boca Juniors, Vélez Sarsfield, Colón, Racing and Lanús are all on seven points at the top after three matches. You can... Continue Reading →
Saturday's Torneo Apertura action saw Lanús held away to new boys San Martín de San Juan, 0-0. San Lorenzo had the better of Argentinos Juniors in the Nuevo Gasómetro, and although they needed the help of a couple of fairly late goals, they were deserving 3-1 winners, and later in the evening Independiente edged past... Continue Reading →
The twenty-ninth episode of Hand Of Pod is, as the milkmaid said to the parson, quite a whopper. That's largely because Sam, Australian Dan and Seba have not one but two rounds of Torneo Apertura matches to look back on, as well as River Plate's historic debut in the Nacional B (second division). There's more,... Continue Reading →
Tuesday evening saw the continuation of the second round the 2011 Torneo Apertura in the Primera División, and the conclusion of the first round of matches in the Nacional B (second round). San Martín de San Juan beat Tigre 2-1, and later in the evening River Plate won their first second division match in over... Continue Reading →
A dramatic afternoon's action in the Primera División has left Quilmes relegated, Gimnasia La Plata and Huracán having to play a tie-breaker to decide who goes down and who gets a crack at the relegation playoff, and River Plate in the other playoff spot, thus disqualifying the Núñez giants from Copa Sudamericana qualification. The details... Continue Reading →
Hasta El Gol Siempre 